2007 Testimony & Position Papers

Page last updated March 23, 2007

Questions and comments regarding any Testimony and Position Papers listed below should be directed to MedChi's Annapolis Legislative Office at 410-974-8384 (Baltimore area) or 410-263-4035.

Legislative Archives

House Bills

House Bill 41 Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Health Insurance and Medical Expenses SUPPORT
House Bill 48 Circuit Court - Medical Injury - Medical Malpractice Administrative Review Board SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENT
House Bill 91 Food Service Facilities - Artificial Trans Fat - Prohibition SUPPORT CONCEPT
House Bill 100 Health Occupations - Cultural Competency Workgroup SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENT
House Bill 110 Maryland Comparative Negligence Act OPPOSE
House Bill 132 Maryland Health Care Access Act of 2007 SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENTS
House Bill 138 Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement  SUPPORT
House Bill 140 Statewide Advisory Commission on Immunization - Universal Vaccine Purchasing System SUPPORT
House Bill 147  Health Care Malpractice - Expression of Regret or Apology - Inadmissibility SUPPORT
House Bill 159 Hepatitis C Inmate Treatment Program - Report SUPPORT
House Bill 202 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Eligibility Expansion CURRENTLY BEING REVIEWED
House Bill 203 Workers' Compensation - Appeals - Admissibility of Medical Records SUPPORT
House Bill 216 HIV Testing - Prohibited Exposure - Victims SUPPORT
House Bill 261 Motor Vehicles - All-Terrain Vehicles - Protective Headgear SUPPORT
House Bill 282 State Board of Physicians - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENTS
House Bill 288 Healthy Maryland Initiative SUPPORT
House Bill 330 Health Maintenance Organizations - Reimbursement Rates of Noncontracting Providers SUPPORT
House Bill 336 Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Maryland Children's Health Program - Eligibility SUPPORT
House Bill 338 Task Force on Administrative Compensation for Birth-Related Neurological Injury SUPPORT
House Bill 339 Health Insurance - Small Group Market - Health Benefit Plans - Rates SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENTS
House Bill 340 Drug-Exposed Infants - Methamphetamine SUPPORT
House Bill 361 State Board of Physicians - Subpoenas - Medical Records for Mental Health Services SUPPORT
House Bill 357 Maryland Fetal and Infant Mortality Review SUPPORT
House Bill 367 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Primary Adult Care Program - Selection of Managed Care Organization SUPPORT
House Bill 372 Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance -- Garrett County Memorial Hospital - Subsidy for Family Practitioners Who Also Perform Obstetrical Services SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENTS
House Bill 388 Civil Actions - Dismissal or Termination - Limitations OPPOSE
House Bill 400 Maryland Universal Health Care Plan NO POSITION
House Bill 462 Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities - Grant Program and Funding SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENT
House Bill 474 Dental Hygiene - Administration of Local Anesthesia OPPOSE
House Bill 480 Workers' Compensation - Appeals - Evidence SUPPORT
House Bill 495 Action or Claim for Medical Injury - Attesting Experts - Reports OPPOSE
House Bill 524 Workgroup on Cultural Competency and Workforce Development for Mental Health Professionals  SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENTS
House Bill 566 Student Health - Maryland School Health Blue Ribbon Panel SUPPORT
House Bill 572 Health Insurance - Expansion of Coverage NO POSITION
House Bill 672 Petition for Guardianship of Disabled Person - Certificate of Competency by Licensed Certified Social Worker - Clinical OPPOSE
House Bill 682 Health Care Decisions Act - Emergency Medical Services "Do Not Resuscitate Orders" - Health Care Providers SUPPORT
House Bill 718 Vehicle Laws - Skateboards - Protective Helmets SUPPORT
House Bill 754 Children and Working Families Health Care Act of 2007 CURRENTLY BEING REVIEWED
House Bill 769 Disease Prevention - Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Expedited Partner Therapy Pilot Program SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENTS
House Bill 779 Medical Malpractice - Medical Liability Division Task Force SUPPORT
House Bill 848 Health Insurance - Clean Claims  SUPPORT
House Bill 872 Retrieval of Oocytes - Prohibition LETTER OF CONCERN
House Bill 887 Department of the Environment - Licensing and Regulation of Tanning Facilities SUPPORT
House Bill 947 Health Care Providers - Reimbursement by Carriers  SUPPORT
House Bill 979 Regional Health Data Exchange SUPPORT THE CONCEPT
House Bill 997 Maryland Children's Health Program - Expansion of Eligibility CURRENTLY BEING REVIEWED
House Bill 1049 Task Force on the HPV Vaccine SUPPORT
House Bill 1054 Health Insurance - Provider Contracts - Conditions of Participation with Carriers  SUPPORT
House Bill 1061 Eliminating Barriers to Enrollment Act SUPPORT
House Bill 1070 Health Services Cost Review Commission - Repeal - Study of Alternative Financing of Uncompensated and Undercompensated Care OPPOSE
House Bill 1082 Managed Care Organizations - Retroactive Denial of Claims SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENT
House Bill 1083 Health Occupations - Maryland Athletic Trainers Act SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENTS
House Bill 1104 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Managed Care Organizations - Hospital Ancillary Services SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENT
House Bill 1230 Physicians - Cosmetic Medical Procedures and Treatments - Regulations SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENTS
House Bill 1231 Workers' Compensation - Medical Records - Authorized Disclosure OPPOSE
House Bill 1270 Maryland HIV/AIDS Reporting Act SUPPORT
House Bill 1372 Student Health - Inhalant Abuse - Awareness Campaign and Education Requirements (Mackenzie's Law) SUPPORT

Senate Bills

Senate Bill 105 Statewide Advisory Commission on Immunization - Universal Vaccine Purchasing System SUPPORT
Senate Bill 107 Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement SUPPORT
Senate Bill 149 Maryland Health Care Access Act of 2007 SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENTS
Senate Bill 194 Consumer Protection - Personal Information Protection Act OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED
Senate Bill 207 Healthy Maryland Initiative SUPPORT
Senate Bill 255 State Board of Physicians - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENTS 
Senate Bill 258 State Board of Physicians - Subpoenas - Medical Records for Mental Health Services  SUPPORT
Senate Bill 262 Consent Provisions - Minors - Mental or Emotional Disorder SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENT 
Senate Bill 266 Prescription Privacy Act OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED
Senate Bill 267 Maryland Comparative Negligence Act OPPOSE
Senate Bill 323 Health Maintenance Organizations - Reimbursement Rates of Noncontracting Providers SUPPORT
Senate Bill 340 Maryland Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech-Language Pathologists Act - Revision OPPOSE
Senate Bill 349 Disease Prevention - Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Expedited Partner Therapy Pilot Program SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENTS
Senate Bill 436 Retrieval of Oocytes - Prohibition LETTER OF CONCERN
Senate Bill 472 Mental Hygiene Law - Petition for Emergency Evaluation - Confidentiality OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED 
Senate Bill 474 Maryland Universal Health Care Plan NO POSITION
Senate Bill 482 Motor Vehicles - All-Terrain Vehicles - Protective Headgear SUPPORT
Senate Bill 504 Food Service Facilities - Artificial Trans Fat - Prohibition  SUPPORT CONCEPT
Senate Bill 514 Consumer Protection - Protection of Personal Information from Security Breaches OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED
Senate Bill 538 Health Insurance - Clean Claims SUPPORT
Senate Bill 547 Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Maryland Children's Health Program - Eligibility SUPPORT
Senate Bill 584 Health Occupations - Maryland Athletic Trainers Act  SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENTS
Senate Bill 599 Health - Disclosure of Medical Records - Cases Before the Workers' Compensation Commission OPPOSE
Senate Bill 600 Workers' Compensation Commission - Authorization for Release of Medical Records - Work-Related Injury or Occupational Disease OPPOSE
Senate Bill 610 Physicians - Delegation of Duties - Nonphysician Surgical Assistants SUPPORT
Senate Bill 620 Health Services Cost Review Commission - Repeal - Study of Alternative Financing of Uncompensated and Undercompensated Care OPPOSE
Senate Bill 633 Food Containing Artificial Trans Fat - Prohibition SUPPORT CONCEPT
Senate Bill 642 Action or Claim for Medical Injury - Attesting Experts - Reports OPPOSE
Senate Bill 645 Radiologist Assistants - Certification SUPPORT THE CONCEPT
Senate Bill 651 Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance - Garrett County Memorial Hospital - Subsidy for Family Practitioners Who Also Perform Obstetrical Services SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENTS
Senate Bill 676 Family Law - Child Care - Influenza Immunization OPPOSE
Senate Bill 686 Drug-Exposed Infants - Methamphetamine SUPPORT
Senate Bill 723 Certified Social Workers - Clinical - Practice - Definition OPPOSE
Senate Bill 749 Health Insurance - Provider Contracts - Conditions of Participation with Carriers SUPPORT
Senate Bill 774 Task Force on the HPV Vaccine SUPPORT
Senate Bill 851 Physicians - Unauthorized Practice of Medicine - Penalty OPPOSE
Senate Bill 964 Department of the Environment - Licensing and Regulation of Tanning Facilities SUPPORT
Senate Bill 987 Maryland HIV/AIDS Reporting Act  SUPPORT
Joint Res 2 Federal Reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program SUPPORT

 

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